An edition of Into the lion's mouth (2016)

Into the lion's mouth

the true story of Dusko Popov : World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond

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An edition of Into the lion's mouth (2016)

Into the lion's mouth

the true story of Dusko Popov : World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond

First edition.
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A biography of Dusko Popov, who, as "an operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II ... seduced countless women--including agents on both sides--spoke five languages, and was a crack shot, all while maintaining his cover as a Yugoslav diplomat"--Amazon.com.

August 1941. Serbian playboy Dusko Popov created a stir at Casino Estoril in Portugal by throwing down an outrageously large baccarat bet to humiliate his opponent. The Serbian was a British double agent, and the money-- which he had just stolen from the Germans-- belonged to the British. Watching at the sideline was none other than Ian Fleming. An operative for the Abwehr, SD, MI5, MI6, and FBI during World War II, Popov seduced countless women, spoke five languages, and was a crack shot. While MI5 desperately needed Popov to deceive the Abwehr about the D-Day invasion, they assured him that a return to the German Secret Service Headquarters in Lisbon would result in torture and execution. He went anyway....

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Pages
368

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Table of Contents

Forging the anvil
Exiting feet first
Spying for Hitler, killing for Churchill
Magic
The bee hive
Too many devices
Passion and addiction
Death in the afternoon
"He's not dead"
Taranto and the target
Casino Estoril
Pearl Harbor warning
Cover-up
I'll kill her
Butterflies and carnage
Blown
Incomplete canvas
The art of the silent kill
"Turn around slowly"
Ticking
Five lives
Shots rang out
Truth serum
AUF
D-Day
Naked and shaved
Ulla
Partisan politics
Johnny.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-349) and index.

Other Titles
True story of Dusko Popov, World War II spy, patriot, and the real-life inspiration for James Bond

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
940.54/8641092, B
Library of Congress
D810.S8 P6 2016, D810.S8P6 2016

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiii, 368 pages
Number of pages
368

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27215538M
Internet Archive
intolionsmouthtr0000loft
ISBN 10
0425281817
ISBN 13
9780425281819
LCCN
2015039212
OCLC/WorldCat
923666020

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